Cape Pulpit 729AM Get Up & Go Breakfast - Awareness Health - Dr Wendy Christien

Get Up & Go Breakfast - Awareness Health - Dr Wendy Christien

Wendy is a wellness practitioner and an health coach at Intergrated Health Solutions and she helps us ensure we manage our bodies well, to get the best out of them.
Weekly English South Africa Health & Fitness · Christianity
182 Episodes
36 – 56

Wendy Christien - Blood

Blood is a specialized body fluid that is essential to life. The four main components of blood are red blood cells, plasma, white blood cells, and platelets. Keeping our blood healthy ensures that our organs and tissues can function optimally. For this reason, it is important that we provide our…
22 Jun 2023 12 min

Wendy Christien - Brain Health

June is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Changes to our bodies and brains are normal as we age, but certain behaviours and lifestyle choices can speed up cognitive decline or cause our brains to age faster than they should. Everyone gets forgetful, but there are some warning signs that we should…
15 Jun 2023 11 min

Wendy Christien - Habits to Beat the Winter Blues

As winter sets in and the days start to get colder, we naturally spend more time indoors. In a bid to stay warm, we can slow down on our usual summer activities and we can be less active than is ideal. With less physical activity, our moods can also take…
8 Jun 2023 12 min

Wendy Christien - Prebiotics

Prebiotics are an indigestible dietary fiber that encourage the growth of beneficial bacteria in the gut. Because they are not digestible, they travel to the lower parts of the intestines where they become a food source for our friendly gut bacteria. Wendy tells us how to know if you lack…
1 Jun 2023 12 min

Wendy Christien - Immune Support

The average person can have two to three colds a year, with a recovery time of about 10 days. This allows the immune system to make antibodies which in turn strengthen our immune function. If you get sick more often and don’t seem to recover well then you may need…
18 May 2023 12 min

Wendy Christien - Chronological vs biological age Part 2

Studies have been done on communities living in 5 different areas in the world known as the “Blue Zones” which show that lifestyle factors are key to longevity. People living in the Blue Zones often live to 100 years old or more. What do these people seem to have in…
11 May 2023 11 min

Wendy Christien - Chronological vs biological age Part 1

Our chronological age refers to our actual age whereas our biological age is dependent on the health of our cells and our DNA. We can do little about our chronological age, but we can do a lot to influence our biological age – both for and against it. Our chronological…
4 May 2023 11 min

Wendy Christien – Am I Healthy? - Part 3

This is quite an elusive and subjective question, but one that should be asked. We should all do a regular health assessment to check and see if we are on track. In part 3, Wendy speaks about: What is your fitness level? How do you feel on an emotional level?…
27 Apr 2023 11 min

Wendy Christien – Am I Healthy? - Part 2

This is quite an elusive and subjective question, but one that should be asked. We should all do a regular health assessment to check and see if we are on track. In part 2, Wendy speaks about: How do you feel when you eat certain foods? How much energy do…
20 Apr 2023 9 min

Wendy Christien – Am I Healthy?

This is quite an elusive and subjective question, but one that should be asked. We should all do a regular health assessment to check and see if we are on track. This can be done in the traditional way by seeing your doctor for some blood tests, which is a…
13 Apr 2023 10 min

Wendy Christien – Fats vs Carbs

We have been led to believe over the past few decades that that fat is our enemy and that we should avoid it at all costs, but fats are not something we should be avoiding. They should form part of a healthy, balanced diet.
6 Apr 2023 11 min

Wendy Christien – Heavy Metals

Heavy metal exposure has increased due to industrial and anthropogenic activities as well as modern industrialization. Heavy metals can be related to several acute and chronic toxic effects in different organs of the body. Gastrointestinal and kidney dysfunction, vascular damage, birth defects, disorders of the immune system, skin lesions, and…
16 Mar 2023 11 min

Wendy Christien – Sleep and Hormonal Balance

Many perimenopausal and menopausal women struggle with sleep issues. This can include the inability to fall asleep, stay asleep or a combination of both. Many women would not have sleep disturbances if it weren’t for night sweats and hot flashes. For others, anxiety prevents them from falling asleep and from…
9 Mar 2023 10 min

Wendy Christien – Omega Oils

Omega oils are healthy, unsaturated fats that are essential for our brains, nerves, and immune function. They are also important to lower inflammation and the risk of heart disease. Omega 3, 6 and 9 are the main types of essential fatty acids. The average diet is quite rich in omega…
2 Mar 2023 11 min

Wendy Christien - Fasting Part 2

Intermittent fasting has become quite trendy of late and is thought to promote weight loss, improve metabolic health and improve overall wellbeing. Apart from weight loss, fasting can be used as means to reduce inflammation and improve chronic inflammatory diseases. Acute inflammation is a normal immune response and usually short-lived,…
23 Feb 2023 12 min

Wendy Christien – Fasting Part 1

Intermittent fasting has become quite trendy of late and is thought to promote weight loss, improve metabolic health and improve overall wellbeing. Apart from weight loss, fasting can be used as means to reduce inflammation and improve chronic inflammatory diseases. Acute inflammation is a normal immune response and usually short-lived,…
16 Feb 2023 11 min

Wendy Christien – What is a balanced diet?

To eat a balanced diet, we need to eat from a variety of food groups so that we can get all the nutrients that our bodies need to function optimally. The calories, or energy, that we consume should come from a combination of fresh fruits and vegetables, nuts & seeds,…
9 Feb 2023 13 min

Wendy Christien - Potassium

Potassium is a mineral that is important for the regulation of muscle contractions and nerve function, and it is also involved, along with sodium, in the regulation of our fluid balance. Every tissue in the body needs potassium so it is therefore an essential mineral. Due to the Western-style diet,…
2 Feb 2023 11 min

Wendy Christien - Hypoglycemia

Low blood sugar is referred to medically as hypoglycemia and usually happens when a person’s blood sugar levels drop below the standard range of between 5 and 6 millimoles per liter. Diabetic medications can cause hypoglycemia in people with diabetes, but many people experience low blood sugar without being diabetic…
26 Jan 2023 9 min

Wendy Christien - Low Blood Pressure

Low blood pressure is generally considered a blood pressure reading lower than 90 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) for the top number (systolic) or 60 mm Hg for the bottom number (diastolic). What's considered low blood pressure for one person might be OK for someone else. Low blood pressure might…
19 Jan 2023 11 min
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